Greek Prose Composition

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Greek Prose Composition pursues two goals: to help students consolidate their knowledge of Greek syntax by way of translating English sentences and (short) passages into Greek; and to help them appreciate differences in style by way of imitating the styles of different authors and periods, working within various subject-areas and genres. To these ends we will study selected grammatical problems, read (longer) passages in Greek, reserving particular attention for stylistics. Students will have to submit written translations from English into Greek every week; during the term's final third, they should expect to be working on longer compositions too (around 150 words in length).